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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />if they merely fill and spill pending a consumptive use for <br />the water developed by a project. <br />(6) Development in downstream states in the Platte River <br />and Lower Colorado River Basins is proceeding and is <br />utilizing, as provided for by compact, Colorado's currently <br />unused entitlements. <br />(7) The long-standing controversy regarding compensation <br />to western Colorado for transmountain diversions to the <br />east slope remains unresolved in the eyes of some. <br />(8) Federal environmental laws and regulatory programs, <br />and increased public concerns for the mitigation of project <br />impacts, add substantial amounts to the cost of project <br />planning and construction. <br />(9) Water storage projects yield opportunities for <br />waterbased recreation which, as a practical matter, is <br />available to the general public. <br />(10) Competing demand for instream uses of the State's <br />water resources likely to intensify in the years ahead. <br />(11) Existing water delivery systems and storage <br />reservoirs, especially those in the irrigation agriculture <br />sector, will require substantial 'repairs in the year ahead <br />if we are to avoid the loss of already developed water <br />supplies. <br />(12) Existing municipal and agricultural water systems <br />whose yield does not provide the degree of protection <br />against drought which is thought to be desirable and <br /> <br />-7- <br />